Infantry! Post your favorites.

[truetanker]

I was running around when I got it in the head by kid's nerf football. Then it hit me, why not these combos...

Again, why not?

Clan Infantry Point:
Gauss SMG - .45 damage, range 1
Avenger CCW - .33 damage, range 0

.78 damage, range 1 x 5 = 6.24 damage per Squad.
( So Foot, Motorized both have 31.2 down 31 damage each. Everyone else is 24.96 up 25 damage. )

Clan Infantry Point:
Mauser IIC - 1.37 damage, range 3
Medusa Whip - .18 damage, range 0

1.55, range 3 x 5 = 7.75 ( 8 ) per Squad.
Meaning 38.75 ( 39 ) for Foot and Motor while everyone else has 31 damage.

Of course, everyone is Armor Divisor of 2.

So what's your variables?

TT

[Daryk]

I've been beating the drum for Auto-Rifle/Intek combinations for some time.  It's the cheapest way to get decent damage (3 points per squad) out to 9 hex range (even in 3025).  And yes, Armor Divisor of 2 is de rigueur at this point.

That said, 4 Mauser IICs and one Bearhunter in a clan point can also put some serious damage (8 points!) out to 9 hex range.

[truetanker]

Don't you mean 8 per Squad?

TT

[Daryk]

Whatever the clans call their smallest infantry grouping.  I don't play clan, so I'm not actually sure...

[Daryk]

I just noticed something interesting in AToW (pages 297-298).  By simply increasing the cost of whatever armor your infantry is wearing by 25%, they can get a Camouflage Rating of 2, which is enough for a -1 to (be) hit modifier when not moving.  It adds no weight, but does need to be keyed to the appropriate terrain.  I'll be adding that to all my infantry builds in the future.

[Terrace]

Whatever the clans call their smallest infantry grouping.  I don't play clan, so I'm not actually sure...

Clan infantry grouping is 25 Warriors per Point, divided in 5 5-man Squads.

[truetanker]

Hey Daryk~

Is that just for tabletop or RPG?

TT

[Daryk]

It's in AToW (page 298), but the first sentence in box says: "The following rules apply when an infantry unit (or character) interacts  with vehicle sensors in tactical combat (or Total Warfare game play)".  There was an ancient rules question regarding the modifiers there against the modifiers presented in TacOps, but the above explicitly says "Total Warfare", so it looks like both AToW and tabletop play to me.

[Terrace]

Here's my personal creation. This is a 3145 mercenary formation that bought some stuff off the Sea Foxes

Jump Laser Infantry (3 squads, 7 men per squad)
Clan Pulse Laser Rifle (6 per squad)
Automatic Grenade Launcher (1 per squad)

Ablative/Flak standard armor, for an Armor Divisor of 1.

I know they're not the best protected, but if they end up in a position where their armor is tested by any form of mech-scale weaponry, then they screwed up badly.

[Andras]

Jump squad. 2 guys with inteks, 5 guys with vibroaxes. Laugh myself silly every time they attack at range 9.

[truetanker]

Jump squad. 2 guys with inteks, 5 guys with vibroaxes. Laugh myself silly every time they attack at range 9.

I wonder... FRR freedom fighters!?

That's 8 damage @ range 3 for 21-troopers! :o
Sick!  :D

TT

[Daryk]

I'm pretty sure the range extension doesn't apply to melee weapons...